Nokia and Infineon collaborate on LTE development
Mobile phone company Nokia and semiconductor expert Infineon Technologies have teamed up in order to develop next-gen radio frequency (RF) transceiver solutions and to ensure interoperability between their current and future equipment compatible with HSPA (High Speed Packet Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution) and later technologies.
"Taking advantage of each company's expertise as leaders in their respective fields, this cooperation will help to deliver standard-based, industry leading solutions for mobile internet devices," said Pekka Sarlund, Vice President, Wireless Modem, Nokia.
Through this cooperation Nokia and Infineon also aim to deliver a verified technology reference platform that will help accelerate the interface standardization for LTE-Advanced which enables data rates of up to 1Gbit/s. The first LTE commercial networks are expected to be launched in 2010.
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Nvidia delivers the GeForce 195.62 (beta) drivers
Nvidia has now rolled out a new Release 195 graphics driver that's also a WHQL candidate, the GeForce 195.62. This driver is bundled with the PhysX v9.09.0814 system software, has support for the GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200 series desktop cards as well as ION IGPs, and has the same features included in the 195.55 which was delivered last week:
- Added GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with the new Adobe Flash 10.1 beta.
- Added support for GeForce GT 240.
- Added support for OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
- Added support for CUDA Toolkit 3.0 features and performance enhancements.
- Added SLI and multi-GPU support for many top new gaming titles including Borderlands, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, FIFA Soccer 10, and more.
The 195.62 also boasts more fixes for single- and multi-GPU issues so be sure to try it out until a WHQL driver comes about.
- GeForce 195.62 beta (Windows XP 32bit)
- GeForce 195.62 beta (Windows XP 64bit)
- GeForce 195.62 beta (Windows 7/Vista 32bit)
- GeForce 195.62 beta (Windows 7/Vista 64bit)
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Gmail gets offline attachment ability
Catering to the needs of its potentially net-troubled audience, the Gmail Labs team has tweaked a few things here and there to finally allow users to include attachments in mail they have composed when offline. Attachments will work just as they do when you're online, just be sure to have Offline Gmail enabled else no net means no Gmail.
"If you have Offline Gmail enabled, you'll notice that all your mail now goes through the outbox, regardless of whether you're online or offline. This allows Gmail to capture all attachments, even if you suddenly get disconnected from network," explains Andy Palay, Software Engineer. "If you're online, your mail will quickly be sent along to its destination."
To activate Offline Gmail go to the Labs tab in the Settings page, select 'Enabled' in the feature's section and click 'Save changes'.
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Arctic Cooling to release a charger, new batteries
Arctic Cooling has just announced the expansion of its Arctic Power line-up with a few new products, the AP Charger, Charger Plus, and rechargeable AA and AAA batteries. The most important release, the Arctic Power Charger, features four independent charge channels supporting AA and AAA-seized batteries, 6-level charge protection for maximum safety, a function that keeps the batteries charged to the max even when they are not in use, and it comes with three types of AC plugs so it can work with most type of sockets available in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa.
The AA and AAA rechargeable batteries have 2650mAh and 1050mAh capacities, respectively, and, according to their maker, can be recharged up to 1,000 times.
Coming next month in packs of four, the AA and AAA AP batteries will cost $11.95 / 7.95 Euro and $7.45 / 5.45 Euro, respectively, while the Charger will be found at about $36.95 / 24.95 Euro. The AP Charger Plus is a package that contains a charger and four AA batteries which is priced at $45.90 / 29.90 Eyuro. All prices are without VAT.
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Zemno reveals the DeskBook Pro docking station
Peripheral manufacturer Zemno has unveiled its latest portable PC-bound creation, a connectivity-friendly docking station named DeskBook Pro. Seen below, the device has seven USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 400 and three FireWire 800 connectors, two stereo outputs, an Ethernet port, eSATA data and power plugs, a DVI out, a flash memory card reader and two ModBays.
The ModBays enable users to hook up internally up to two hard drives, or batteries and other peripherals - just connect, close the bay and you're on your way.
"In creating the DeskBook Pro, we at Zemno have applied our own passion for improving mobile computing technology while also listening to the needs expressed by users worldwide," said Gregg DeFronzo, Zemno's CEO and lead designer. "We believe that our efforts have resulted in a new definition of what a State of the Art docking station should be."
The DeskBook Pro is compatible with MacBooks and notebooks with a display size of up to 15 inches and is available for pre-order at $500. The docking station will start shipping in January.
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Opera Mini tops 39.6 million users in October
The mobile phone-friendly Opera Mini browser is giving its maker, Opera Software, more reasons to brag as it has managed to reach 39.6 million users last month, up 11.3% sequentially and a massive 155% compared to October 2008. Currently on version 4.2, Opera Mini has been used for the viewing of 17.2 billion pages in October 2009, up 14.8% compared to September, and generated over 263 million MB of data, which means the Opera Turbo servers have processed up to 2.5 petabytes of data.
"Because Opera Mini compresses data by up to 90%, people everywhere can reduce the amount they pay each month for mobile data," said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera. "By making the Web accessible and affordable on mobile devices, we can usher in a communications revolution on an unprecedented scale."
According to the Opera, the top 10 countries in terms of Opera Mini usage are Russia, Indonesia, India, China, Ukraine, South Africa, United States, United Kingdom, Poland and Vietnam.
For additional info about Opera Mini's performance in October see the report posted here.
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Dell pre-loading Steam, Portal on Alienware desktops and laptops
Texas-based PC maker Dell has decided to spice up its Alienware All Powerful gaming systems - the Area-51 and Aurora desktops and M17x and M15x laptops, by pre-loading them with a free copy of Valve's award-winning action/puzzle game, Portal, and, of course, Steam, a leading platform for PC games with over 20 million accounts worldwide.
"With its automatic game updates, easy friend finding and the ability to play your Steam purchased games on any PC, Valve has helped simplify PC Gaming to make it more enjoyable." says Frank Azor, Senior Manager of Product Planning for Dell's Gaming Group. "It's for these reasons; we selected Steam to compliment the Alienware experience."
For more info about this offer check out this page.
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Fishbowl makes Facebook look all nice and shiny on Windows 7
Microsoft has recently made available in preview mode a WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) application that brings Facebook to your Windows desktop. Called Fishbowl, the app makes use of the new Windows 7 Taskbar and the operating system's multi-touch capabilities to provide quick and easy access to Facebook content and activities.
With Fishbowl, which can run in a mini or normal mode, users will be able to read newsfeed, update their status, comment, like, browser and upload photos, all within a sleek, shiny and snappy user interface that is integrated in the general Windows 7 desktop.
The preview version of Fishbowl is available here for Windows 7 (and apparently Windows XP and Vista too).
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Chrome extension gallery goes live for developers
The rather important roll out of extension-supporting Chrome beta builds is closing in so Google has launched a gallery to house the browser add-ons coming from developers around the world. Currently, the gallery is only available to devs and provides the possibility of uploading their extensions so they can be ready for the upcoming beta launch.
"Once an extension is uploaded, our gallery takes care of packaging and signing," said Lei Zheng, Google Software Engineer. "Updating an extension is also incredibly easy - all a developer needs to do is to upload a new file in the gallery. Finally, to further help developers, in the next few days, we plan to open up the gallery to a small group of trusted testers."
According to Google, most extensions will go through an automated review process, with the only ones needing a more thorough look being those that include an NPAPI component and content scripts that affect "file://" URLs. For these add-ins, their creators will have to provide more information, for security reasons.
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Rambus patent claims against Nvidia lose more traction
Rambus' patent infringement accusations targeting Nvidia are looking weaker still as the US Patent Office has sided with the latter some more. To detail, the Office has shot down no less than 17 claims regarding three Rambus patents which are allegedly being violated by Nvidia.
The Patent Office's conclusions will be delivered to the ITC (International Trade Commission) who is currently investigating the possible infringement of Rambus' patents.
Rambus filed a complaint with the ITC against Nvidia a year go saying that the Santa Clara-based company violated nine of its patents but has since dropped claims regarding four of them. The ITC is expected to have a ruling in this case by the end of January.
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